A famous Soviet poster shows a beaming farmer and his wife. The wife calls out: "comrade, come and join the collective farm!" The point of the poster is to suggest that joining a collective is a great thing: One will work with a team of friends, never fear unemployment, and be able to contribute to one's community and country. From the western standpoint, the immediate reaction to such a poster is "propaganda"! And, that it is. But let's take a step back and try to see the whole process via a less jaded lens. Could there be something positive about a collective farm? Isn't there something attractive about the idea of joining a collective group of people whose mission each day is to go out and farm vast fields in the bright sunlight--a clear, unambiguous goal? Given the everyday economic uncertainty of living in a capitalist economy (bills, unemployment, retirement, etc.), can you see the reassuring quality of such a venture--particularly the certainty of employment? Is it possible to see something positive therein? Please comment